An Initial Set of Proverbs

#1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. #2. Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. #3. Be conservative in what you say and do. Be liberal in what you accept from others. #4. Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of Wisdom. #5. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. #6. A chain is as strong as its weakest link. #7. What can be done, with care perform today. Dangers un-thought-of will attend delay. #8. A stitch in time saves nine. #9. Practice makes perfect. #10. If you don't walk today, you'll have to run tomorrow. #11. On a calm sea, everyone is a good captain. #12. If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything. #13. A penny saved is a penny earned. #14. A fool and his money are soon parted. #15. To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. #16. One food at a meal is the ideal. #17. Hunger never saw bad bread. #18. Even a blind hen hits a grain of corn now and then. #19. Birds of a feather flock together. #20. Empty barrels make the most noise. #21. A friend in need is a friend indeed. #22. The early bird gets the worm. #23. Everyone's business is no one's business. #24. If you lose an hour in the morning, you'll be looking for it the rest of the day. #25. The only cure for adversity is fresh activity. #26. The distance from the throne to the gutter is only one step. #27. Let no one ignorant of mathematics enter herein. #28. Germs don't cause disease any more than flies cause garbage. #29. Men are alike in their physiology, but they differ in their pathologies. #30. In matters of moment, on thyself depend. Trust not thy servant, nor thy friend. #31. Light purse, heavy heart. #32. There is no little enemy. #33. One enemy harms more than a hundred friends help. #34. It never worries the wolf how many the sheep may be. #35. One live idiot is worth more than a hundred dead geniuses. #36. Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads. #37. Be not sick too late, nor well too soon. #38. Knowledge is a treasure, but the key to it is practice. #39. For a language to be international, it is not enough to call it that. #40. All the trouble in the world is due to the inability of a man to sit quietly in a room. #41. The hammer does not mind that the anvil calls it names. #42. Every path has a few puddles. #43. Good fences make good neighbors. #44. If anything can go wrong, it will. #45. Be like water. (end of document)******************************************************